I'm on my second read through of Le Bible and Deuteronomy is a heavy book lemme tell ya. Israelites were God's chosen people, but God also said to them through Moses (before he died), that if the Israelites did not obey God's statutes that He would curse and destroy them. And if they ceased their wicked ways before it was too late, He would also Bless them back to prosperity.
So no one is off the hook. Made me think of modern Israel, they call themselves the Chosen ones, but literally Israel is Gay HQ of the planet.